Asschat

Asschat is a hamlet in the municipality Leusden, in the Dutch province of Utrecht.

This article is about the Dutch municipality. For the Libyan football club, see Aschat (Tripoli).
Asschat
Coordinates: 52°7′54″N 5°27′1″E
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceUtrecht
MunicipalityLeusden

The hamlet is separated from the village of Leusden in the west by the Valleikanaal canal, and it borders the hamlet Snorrenhoef in the east. The name Asschat (1696) derives from af-schede, afscheiding: partition, indicating an old border.[1]

The family Scholten van Aschat is named after the hamlet.

References
  1. Berkel en Samplonius: Het Plaatsnamenboek, Unieboek Houten, 1989, ISBN 90-269-4321-0 (in Dutch)


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